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DREAM Activists Call for Citizenship to All Undocumented Immigrants

HeadlineFeb 07, 2013

The main umbrella group for immigrant youth activists is calling for an immigration overhaul that goes beyond the bipartisan proposals endorsed by President Obama last week. On Wednesday, the United We Dream network announced it will call for citizenship to all of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. — not just the granting of legal status, and not just to those who came to the country as children. Many of the youth activists, known as “DREAMers,” have received temporary legal status under an Obama administration measure for immigrants below the age of 31 brought to the United States at a young age. Under their proposals, the DREAMers are also rejecting calls to link the granting of citizenship to border security benchmarks and are calling for the granting of residency to foreign-born partners in same-sex relationships.

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